Navnen returned to the cottage the adventurer’s shared looking ragged and as if he had just taken a sound beating.

‘What happened to you?’ Valance asked.

‘You know that sorceress that lives a few blocks over with that ill-tempered gray cat familiar?’ the thief replied.

‘Yes, I do,’ said Chalk.

‘Don’t ever go to her place unannounced, that cat is a killer!’ Navnen told his fellow adventurers.

‘Binksy?’ Koram asked.

‘It was huge! Savage!’ was all the thief could say.

The other three exchanged glances.

Familiar Rampage (Magic-user)

Level 5

Range: Touch.

Duration: One round per level of caster.

When cast this wizard’s spell causes his or her familiar to become bigger and more dangerous for a time. Any familiar immediately increases in size to Medium, doubles normal movement and suddenly has 5HD and an attack that deals 1d8+2 damage. A Dispel Magic spell will counter this affect and return the creature to normal size. Many magic-users jealously guard this spell so that in a ‘wizard duel’ they may gain the upper edge easily.